New Jersey - Online - The Morris Family: New Jersey's Founding Family
The Morris Family: New Jersey's Founding Family A Presentation by Rick Geffken Tuesday, May 5th at 8pm. Location: Your homes! We cannot have our usual Public Presentations at Bahrs so we have decided to entertain and inform you via Zoom! To join this Zoom meeting, you should REGISTER HERE so we can send you an email with a private Zoom log-in link. On Tuesday, just before 8pm, click on the link and wait for the host to check you in. The Presentation by Rik Geffken : Morristown, Morris Plains, and Morris County are just the most obvious reminders of this influential and ubiquitous New Jersey family. From Governor Lewis Morris, our first Colonial head of the state (1738), to his grandson, Gouverneur Morris, who wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the family’s legacy in New Jersey and New York is rivaled by no others The presentation will explore where the Morris family came from, where they settled in New Jersey (Monmouth County’s Tinton Falls) and New York, ...